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Adjective herding has 1 sense

herding, swarming, social - (of birds and animals) tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind; "ants are social insects"; "the herding instinct in sheep or cattle"; "swarming behavior in bees"
Antonym: ungregarious (indirect, via gregarious)

Verb herd has 3 senses

herd, crowd - cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
--₁ is one way to move, displace

Derived forms: noun herd₃, noun herder₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
herd - move together, like a herd
--₂ is one way to crowd, crowd together

Derived form: noun herd₃
Sample sentence:
The crowds herd in the streets
herd - keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"
--₃ is one way to keep

Derived forms: noun herd₂, noun herd₁, noun herder₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something